Iron Horse

Very nice.

Did Bartleby invent the holding-the-jacket thing? Either way it's taken on a life of its own. 

7 hours ago, Geeman said:

That's a very descriptive opinion 

P.S. Reddit, backyard wrestling is back on, I've stolen some of my aunt's folding chairs and am currently thinking of a way to construct a cage out of old drycleaners' coat hangers. 

Reddit has always struck me as the stretched out black Stone Cold Steve Austin T-shirt, cargo shorts/Wal-Mart dad jeans, white socks, and dirty grey running shoes of Internet discussion boards, hence why it might appeal to a fairly large segment of the population.  

Is there an alternative expression for the Glaswegian-impaired among us?

Maybe something more guttural, like a HUHHHHHHHHHH?

^Looks like washed hickory stripe; I have to agree that this sort of thing is very hard to make look good.

^Simon James Cathcart.

Don't forget a Munson last, plain toe like so:

I had to replace my pair as it was too small, so I've started from square one. And now it's too hot to even think of wearing jeans here too. 

Well, I wouldn’t feel too comfortable putting my name on a product I didn’t fully believe in, let’s put it that way. But maybe they really do like what they’re doing and it’s not a cash grab. Times is tough out there kiddos, that’s for sure. It’s a shame we have to turn tricks to keep our hobbies going. 

On 4/29/2018 at 9:07 AM, mlwdp said:

Maybe I'm not paying attention enough, but I wish more overseas shops, particularly in Japan, would embrace having sales on past or out of season items.  I've seen online sometimes when they do run a sale, which usually has a long line outside the store but not always available to overseas customers since it's a instore only promotion.  Fall/Summer/Random/etc sales promotions seems to be more a of US thing IMO.  Even Black Friday seems out of the norm for some overseas shops.

Last time I saw a shop off of a Rakuten have a sale, it was a going out of business sale!

https://global.rakuten.com/en/search/?k=sale&sid=speedway-shop&l-id=gs_product_search

6 hours ago, gumchum said:

I'd like to find a jacket of a similar design and quality, but with a more relaxed fit, and that's proving to be difficult.

Good Wear Leather springs to mind, but no idea how long the wait is these days.

ELMC Californian would be a good choice too and is somewhat readily available from ELMC, History Preservation, London Classics, etc.

Reps for both posts!

They're actually getting worse. We're now all dumber for having even seen that image.

The Rite Stuff x 2

Anatomica

Lofgren

@MJF9 Those suspenders look nice; oftentimes the leather kind have an unsatisfying back IMO, but that one is nice.

If it's something I really want, and feel that it will sell out or it's a bargain, I'll get it now.

I'd say, speaking strictly unscientifically but IME, most people buy clothes for the season they're in though. If it's hot outside then a jacket just isn't that appealing to my lizard brain, or vice versa, and I figure most people are pretty similar, even if the item is on sale and it would make more sense to buy it then.

Wash hard and wash often. 

I wear some TCB Seamens shorts. I do want something else, perhaps thinner and in another color like green. Looking at Freewheelers.

Honestly, leather jackets tend not to dry out so easily, but if it looks and feels dry then it might be. If there are any signs of cracking then obviously it’s too far gone.

Usually if I see a dry leather jacket it’s a vintage one that was worn hard for years, like this:

And even here the dryness looks mostly cosmetic, but a cleaning and oiling might not hurt. And then, if it’s not regularly getting covered in mud and salt you shouldn’t need to condition again for a while.

13 hours ago, Flash said:

@Iron Horse   trying to keep the cartoon giraffes out of the pic so I don't ruin my internet street cred 

I would rep this if I could. 

14 hours ago, Flash said:

Used the Conners boxes to hide the fact I'm using the kids changing table to take pics of shoes .....

Gives a whole new meaning to "skid marks"!

Looks like they worked out well!

Guaranteed to be a crustacean sensation with the ladies. 

^^ This.